Bouquet holder



April 7, 1942.

1-1. ERDMANN QUET HOLDER Filed March 28, 1940 r Inventor Hugo E'r'a/mawn By fimaai fizn.

Attorney Patented Apr. 7, 1942 iJNiTE STATES PATENT OFFICE BOUQUET HOLDER Hugo Erdmann, Johnstown, Pa. Application March 28, 1940, Serial No. 326,522

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a bouquet holder, the general object of the invention being to provide a member to which flowers and the like can be attached to form a bouquet and which is provided with a handle whereby the bouquet can be easily held in the hand of a person.

Another object of the invention is to so construct and arrange the parts that one can easily make up the bouquet and can make the handle of the desired form.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a front view showing a bouquet made on the device. I

Figure 2 is a view looking toward the rear of the bouquet shown in Figure l and showing the device.

Figure 3 is a'view of the device showing how a flower is to be attached thereto and showing the device before the handle is bent.

In this drawing the handle H of the device is formed of an elongated strip of bendable metal and said strip is preferably covered with any suitable form of padding and then a fabric covering 3 is placed on the padding. This provides a handle part which can be bent into any desired shape and which will retain its shape after being so bent. The padding gives a cushion effeet and the cover 3 gives a finish appearance to the device. The pad or flower holder is shown at A and is formed of any suitable material. The handle member 8 is attached to the pad or holder 7 A by means of threads or wire 9.

In building a bouquet on the device metal or wooden picks ID are inserted into the pad A with parts projecting therefrom and the flowers or other parts of the bouquet are fastened to these picks as shown more clearly in Figure 3. The handle is bent into any suitable shape, such as shown in Figure 2 so that it can be readily grasped by the person carrying the bouquet and this handle can be used by the person making the bouquet.

This device will permit the person or persons making the bouquet to perform all operations incidental thereto before forming or shaping the handle and then the handle is shaped as shown in Figure 2. This feature permits of a wide range and variety and design and enables the artist to work rapidly.

Many kinds, grades and varieties of flowers can be used in making bouquets with this device which ordinarily could not be used in a bouquet. The finished bouquet will be light in weight and this fact with the handle enables the wearer or user to hold thebouquet in a comfortable, pleasing and convenient position and with a minimum danger of soiling or damaging the clothing of the wearer.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A bouquet holder comprising a pad adapted to have picks inserted thereinto to which the flowers are to be secured and an elongated handle forming strip of greater length than the pad, said strip being of a width to be grasped by the hand of a user and said strip being of bendable material, said strip having a straight end portion, means for connecting the pad to the front face of said straight end portion, the intermediate portion of the strip extending downwardly and rearwardly from the upper end of the straight end portion, with the other end of the strip bent to form a loop with the lower portion of the intermediate part, said intermediate part forming a hand engaging portion which is located in rear of the pad.

HUGO ERDMANN. 

